Coronary/Structural Heart

Late-Breaking Trial Data at TVT Demonstrate Sustained Safety and Performance of WATCHMAN FLX™ Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device

PINNACLE FLX study meets 24-month endpoint, reinforces positive 12-month outcomes with next-generation device for patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation MARLBOROUGH, Mass., July 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) announced positive 24-month results from the PINNACLE FLX clinical trial assessing the safety and efficacy of the next-generation WATCHMAN FLX™ Left Atrial […]

BIOMODEX Technology Enables New Milestone in Interventional Cardiology

Physicians at Montreal Heart Institute used LAACS™ solution to simulate left atrial appendage occlusion, validating the company’s efforts to reduce surgical errors and improve outcomes BOSTON, July 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — BIOMODEX®, the leader in bio-realistic haptic simulators for patient-specific rehearsal and physician training, today announced that its LAACS™ (Left Atrial Appendage Closure System) solution […]

LEXEO Therapeutics Expands Cardiac Gene Therapy Pipeline with Acquisition of Stelios Therapeutics and its Gene Therapy Programs for Rare Cardiovascular Diseases

LEXEO obtains exclusive rights to three investigational AAV-mediated gene therapy programs for rare cardiac disorders, all of which have no existing disease-modifying treatments available Strategic acquisition expands LEXEO’s rare cardiac gene therapy pipeline making it one of the most extensive in the field NEW YORK, July 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) […]

VERQUVO® (vericiguat) Approved in the European Union

European Approval Granted to Bayer Marks Another Important Milestone for VERQUVO KENILWORTH, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorization in the European Union (EU) for soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) stimulator VERQUVO® (vericiguat). In […]

NIMIUM Therapeutics and Paraza Pharma form partnership to develop new medicines to treat cardiometabolic diseases (CMDs), obesity and type 2 diabetes

Innovative partnership focuses on early-stage development of activators for a glucose detoxification enzyme called glycerol-3-phosphate phosphatase (G3PP) MONTREAL, July 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — NIMIUM Therapeutics (www.nimium.ca), a Montreal-based biotech, has formed a partnership with Paraza Pharma (www.parazapharma.com) to develop a new treatment for cardiometabolic diseases (CMDs). The treatment aims to prevent and reverse the adverse […]

CARMAT announces the first commercial implant of its Aeson® artificial heart

The implant, performed at the Azienda Ospedaliera dei Colli hospital in Naples, Italy, represents the first sale for CARMATand paves the way for the Company’s commercial development PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Regulatory News: CARMAT (Paris:ALCAR) (FR0010907956, ALCAR), the designer and developer of the world’s most advanced total artificial heart, aiming to provide a […]

Anthos Therapeutics’ novel Factor XI inhibitor abelacimab significantly outperforms standard of care enoxaparin in prospective Phase 2 efficacy research published today in the New England Journal of Medicine

Abelacimab achieved a ~80% reduction in venous thromboembolism versus a standard of care comparator in gold standard proof-of-concept efficacy study, indicating its potential in a range of thromboembolic disorders CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Anthos Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharma company developing innovative therapies for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, today announced final […]

Cytokinetics Announces Positive Topline Results of Redwood-HCM

Phase 2 Clinical Trial of CK-274 Demonstrated Consistent and Clinically Meaningful Reductions in Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Gradients Within Two Weeks in Patients with Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy No Treatment Interruptions or Discontinuations Due to Reduction in Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Phase 3 Registrational Trial of CK-274 Expected to Start Before […]

Imbria Pharmaceuticals Announces Initiation of Enrollment in IMPROVE-HCM, a Phase 2 Study Investigating the Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of IMB-1018972 (IMB-101) in Patients With Non-Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Imbria Pharmaceuticals, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies designed to enhance cellular energetics for the treatment of major forms of heart disease and specific inborn errors of metabolism, today announced that the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center at Boston-based Tufts Medical Center has randomized the first patient in the […]

CORCYM Announces the First Patient Enrolled in MANTRA Study

MANTRA is the new CORCYM post-market clinical follow-up study in a real-world setting LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CORCYM, the new, independent, medical device company dedicated to providing patients and cardiac surgeons with the best solutions to fight structural heart disease, announces today the enrollment of the first patient in the MANTRA study. MANTRA (Mitral, Aortic […]